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I
am Assistant Professor of Finance at Maastricht
University and affiliated with Netspar. My
research covers behavioral finance, household
finance, and pension finance. I am interested in
understanding the allocation of households'
financial resources over the life-cycle. In
particular, I look at households' savings, asset
allocation, trading, and annuitization
decisions. I also study how households form and
update expectations and beliefs. Moreover, I
work on pension communication,
asset liability management, longevity risk
management, and Solvency II for insurance
companies and pension funds.

Recent Research Findings

How
old one feels to be, that is,
subjective age identity shapes our economic
behaviors... research paper

How
can pension funds engage participants and
communicate effectively with them? Find out
more on pensioncommunication.nl

(Almost) nobody is interested in dealing
with pension savings. Find out more which
communication nudges can help… research paper

Which past performance horizon should be
displayed to investors? It depends, some
investors benefit from seeing long-term
returns while for (many) others it is the
other way round… research paper

U.S. homeowners misunderstand reverse
mortgages and shy away from using them… research paper